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Procedure: Create a Copy of a Sample OLAP Report

Objective:

Use
this procedure to make a copy of the Reporting Services 2005 sample OLAP report, Sales Reason Comparisons.

Background:

Using a copy of an existing sample
report within a practice exercise allows us to get quickly to the procedure
that forms the focus of an article. We can therefore avoid the lengthy
preparation that might be required to simply create a realistic setting within
which to work with a specific report component. Creating a clone of a report means we can make
changes to a fully functional copy while retaining the original sample in a
pristine state for other purposes, such as using it to accompany relevant
sections of the Books Online, and other documentation, as a part of
learning more about Reporting Services.

From
within the open Adventure Works Reports Sample project, in the SQL Server Business Intelligence
Development Studio,
take the following steps: